Bulimus felix Pfeiffer, 1862

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2014, Annotated type catalogue of the Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 392, pp. 1-367 : 57

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.392.6328

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9BFF058C-9707-B1BF-34D9-5A8381A102A0

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scientific name

Bulimus felix Pfeiffer, 1862
status

 

Bulimus felix Pfeiffer, 1862 Figs 45D-F View Figure 45 , L22iii View Figure L22

Bulimus felix Pfeiffer 1862: 387, pl. 37 fig. 2.

Drymaeus felix ; Pilsbry 1898 [1897-1898]: 211, pl. 35 fig. 20; Linares and Vera 2012: 185 [partim].

Type locality.

"New Granada".

Label.

"New Granada", taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style III.

Dimensions.

"Long. 33, diam. 13 mill."; lectotype H 34.0, D 14.8, W 6.2.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975206, lectotype and three paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Pfeiffer did not state on how many specimens his description was based. A lot with four specimens was found, which is considered as type material. The specimen marked with ‘x’ has been selected as lectotype (design. n.) to define this often confused taxon.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Drymaeus) felix (Pfeiffer, 1862).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Stylommatophora

Family

Bulimulidae

Genus

Bulimus

Loc

Bulimus felix Pfeiffer, 1862

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D. 2014
2014
Loc

Bulimus felix

Pfeiffer 1862
1862